Device for producing respiration



(No Model.)

. .J. M. PRESSEY. DEVICE FOR PRODUCING RESPIRATION.

No. 5'17,48l. Patented Apr. 3, 1894.

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JEREMIAH M. PRESSEY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

DEVICE FOR PRODUCING RESPIRATION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,481, dated April 3,1894.

Application filed November 13, 1893- Serial No. 490,850. (No model.)

To all whom) it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEREMIAH M. PRESSEY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Cleveland, county of Ouyahoga, and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Device-for Producing Respiration, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful means for producingrespiration, and having for its object to greatly simplify andfacilitate the way and means of resuscitating and restoring personsrescued from drowning and the like dangers, and it consists of anadhesive pad to be applied on the abdomen, pro.- vided with a suitablehandle whereby an operator may pull upon said pad and expand the body,produce a vacuum in the body and create a forcible entrance of air intothe lungs, and again expelling the air by pressure, and thus bycontinuous quick movements of the pad cause a respiratory action of thelungs and a probable restoration to life.

In the accompanying drawing, the figure represents a pad constructed forthe purpose above stated.

A represents a pad, preferably of oval form, and having concavo-convexsurfaces.

B is a handle attached to the convex side.

'The pad may be made of suitable material,

stance to make the pad adhesive, so that when applied to the body itwill stick with sufficient tenacity to enable the abdomen to be drawnoutward, when'the pad is pulled, and distend it with the tendency ofcreating a vacuum in the lungs and causing an inflow of air, then nextpressing down upon the pad for compressing the abdomen and expelling theair. By quick repetition of such movements with the pad, an artificialrespiration is produced with beneficial results.

Instead of employing a sticky substance, the leather might be soaked inWater and then when applied, by expressing the air from between it andthe body, itwould adhere, and the aforesaid operations performed.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

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A means for producing artificial respiration, consisting of a pad,having an adhesive surface to be applied to the abdomen, and aconvenienthandle, whereby expansive and contractive movements may be produced fordrawing air into and expelling it from the lungs, substantially asdescribed.

JEREMIAH M. PREssEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. ROBINS, AvERILL L. WHISLER.

